that letter i stillhave,it states that there were also black umsteads that were former slaves, but doesent give any names.

Yes, the Town "Gross-Umstadt"will appear on aMSN search,but the web page is in german, so you will need an interpreter, It is in south Germanybefore you cross the alps in to Switzerland > a real POST CARDsettingyou would love to go there,